Title
Inamura Promontory moon at daybreak, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
September 1886
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Inamuragasaki no akebono no tsuki
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- September 1886
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodblock; ōban
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 26.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed and dated.
- Credit
- Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 2012
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 258.2012.39
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
The subject of this design is Nitta no Yoshisada, a general in the Hōjō army, who shifted his support to Emperor Go-Daigo when the Go-Daigo escaped from exile in 1333. Realising that the route to the Hōjō stronghold was blocked by the Inamura cliffs and the enemy’s fleet, Yoshisada offered his sword and prayers to the deities of the sea for a safe passage for his army. His prayers were heard and the tide receded, forcing the enemy’s fleet to retreat and opening up a passage to the Hōjō’s castle.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
Yoshitoshi: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Aug 2016–20 Nov 2016
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Yuriko Iwakiri, Yoshitoshi Tsuki hyakushi (Yoshitoshi’s One hundred aspects of the moon), Tokyo, 2010. General reference; Another edition was reproduced
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John Stevenson, Yoshitoshi's One hundred aspects of the moon, Seattle, 1992, (colour illus.). cat.no.39; Another edition was reproduced
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Chris UHLENBECK, Yoshitoshi: masterpieces from the Ed Freis collection, Leiden, 2011, 135-136. General reference; Another edition was reproduced
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